Blog:Pumpkin beer - not just for Halloween?

Is pumpkin beer finally making a breakthrough as a credible style in the US?

I only ask after noticing on a recent trip to New York a number of folks ordering and taking an interest in it at bars. One overheard conversation involved a 20-something guy ordering a pumpkin beer, to which his companion responded: "Pumpkin beer? Really?" The retort was: "Yeah, when it's this cold, I like the spice".